LOT 3437
Ireland. Easter Rising Anniversary AR Ten Scilling. Dated 1966.
Royal mint, London. Commemorative 10 shilling piece on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916. éiRe · 1966 ·, bust of Padraig Pearse (Patrick Pearse) to right / deiċ scilling in Gaelic around the figure of Cú Chulainn (an Irish mythological hero) as a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin. Edge insciption: éiRí amac na Cásca 1916 in Gaelic. SCBC 6646; KM 18. Almost Uncirculated. Some scratches.(18.16gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
FootnotesMany of these coins (1,270,000) were melted by the Central Bank around decimalisation in 1971 and many more were melted privately when the price of silver was very high in 1980/81.
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Ireland. Edward IV AR Penny. Second reign, 1471-1483.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Dublin mint; i.m: not visible. Bust with sun and Roses/Rose on Cross coinage. Struck circa 1478-1483. Crowned facing bust; rose and sun by crown, sun and rose by neck, / Long cross pattée with small rose at center; rose and two suns and sun and two roses alternating in angles. Cf. SCBC 6396. 0.46gr, 11mm.
Good Fine. Clipped.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996. -
Ireland. Hanover, George III AE Halfpenny. 1760-1820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Soho (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1805. GEORGIUS III • D : G REX, laureate bust to right / HIBERNIA, crowned harp, date below. SCBC 6621. 8.38gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Ireland. Tudor, Elizabeth I CU Penny. 1558-1603.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Tower (London) mint; i.m: martlet. Dated 1602. Third (base) coinage. (Martlet) ELIZABETH • D '. G '. AN '. FR '. ET • HIBER .' RE '., coat-of-arms; E R flanking / (Martlet) POSVI • DEV .' ADIVTOREM • MEV '., crowned harp, dividing date. SCBC 6510A. 1.81gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
